Political package for solving Tamil problem soon: Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said a political package for ending the 25-year-old ethnic conflict in the island nation will be put forward soon even as he warned the LTTE of a ban if it continues with attacks in the country.

"One or two more attacks, then we have no option," he said when asked by reporters if the government will ban the Tamil rebel outfit.

"(We will) have to ban. There is a limit to our patience," he told foreign journalists last night during a Christmas eve get-together at his residence here.

The President said he was awaiting the recommendations of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC), comprising members of various political parties, for making the proposals regarding a solution to the Tamil issue.

"As soon as the APRC recommendations are submitted, I will immediately go ahead with the proposals," Rajapaksa said while refusing to give the exact time period before which the suggestions would be placed by the committee.

"It will be done soon. They are working on it," he said.

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